How to Get the Most Out of Parenting Through Middle School

This multi-media program offers these features:

  • Video Segments: Hear from other parents who share advice and comments about parenting middle school youngsters, and listen to current middle school students who share their anticipation, experiences, and insights living through middle school.

  • Downloadable PDFs: Each of the three parts offer printable tips and tools to help you make your way as a parent.

  • Audio interviews: In Part 3, two principals communicate important ways to support your young teen’s success in school.

  • Articles: Each section has concrete and actionable content that communicates:
    • What parents can expect (On Your Mark!)
    • What parents need to know (Get Set!)
    • What parents can do (Go!)

  • Exercises: Deepen the learning and take actions that help you support your middle school student.

    • Exercises and Journal: Pop up boxes will appear with questions, suggestions, and reflective exercises that are designed to make learning more personal and you more effective as the parent of a middle schooler. Record your thoughts, feelings, and family changes in a journal (on the computer, a simple notebook, or in a journal that you purchase). This allows you to pause, reflect, and plan during this dynamic time. We encourage you to use this time-honored process to enhance your experience with this material.

    Tips for those less familiar with using multi-media websites:

    1. Navigation: The Green horizontal bar across the top is the site navigation bar. Use this to link to the four sections: (1) Introduction, (2) Your Changing Child, (3) How Parenting Changes, and (4) Supporting your Middle School Student in School.

    2. Videos: When viewing the video segments, you may click on the icon in the lower right corner of the video screen to enlarge the video to full screen. To go back, hit your escape key.

    3. Downloads: You may download and print the PDF handouts from numerous locations in the text and on the side bar. From any PDF view, hit your back key to return to Parenting Through Middle School. (To download the free software necessary to view the PDF’s, click here:)

      4. Quick Links to PDF’s: